Inspiration (or, A Run Through the Woods)

“Someday you will not be able to do this. Today is not that day.” —Dane Rauschenberg Recently, one of my triathlon reads posted a compilation of inspirational quotes, mostly geared toward endurance athletes. Dane Rauschenberg’s spoke to me more than most of the others. I recognize the simple truth that there are the born athletes [...]

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Meditations in Brief

Why must tea steep in hot water? Why do animals (deer, squirrels, etc.) go back the way they came from if they stop in the middle of the road, and then decide to run from you? Why don’t they just keep going in the direction in which they were headed? Why are is the Jen-Brad-Angelina [...]

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Summer Residents (or, In My Garage)

For as long as I can remember, we have left the garage door open every summer. In the country you can do things like this. But that’s not why we do it. Well… maybe it is? You see, near my house (in the country), we have a seasonal resident: the barn swallow. And late every [...]

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Heat (or, Nothing But Mammals)

It’s that time of year: the All State guy is reminding us that each year, car-deer crashes account for a huge proportion of all accidents. The local news anchors begin citing statistics from last year. And the road report begins, not with traffic jams, but car-deer encounters. Sure, some deer are getting spooked out of [...]

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Meditations in Brief

Things that have tickled my thought lines lately: –Do semi-trucks have rear-view mirrors? –Why is it called “hamburger” when it is never made out of ham? –Why is it that men take their business calls with them to the men’s room? (I have sort of first-hand knowledge of this since my office shares a common [...]

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